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Laws of Warfare

Deuteronomy 20:4

In 11 translations

BSB
For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
KJV
For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
WEB
for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”
ASV
for Jehovah your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
LSV
for your God YHWH [is] He who is going with you, to fight for you with your enemies—to save you.
YLT
for Jehovah your God [is] He who is going with you, to fight for you with your enemies — to save you.
DBY
for Jehovah your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.Elohim
DRC
Because the Lord your God is in the midst of you, and will fight for you against your enemies, to deliver you from danger.
GNV
For ye Lord your God goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, and to saue you
JPS
for the LORD your God is He that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.'
LXXE
For it is the Lord your God who advances with you, to fight with you against your enemies, and to save you.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
כִּ֚י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ עִמָּכֶ֑ם לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם לָכֶ֛ם עִם־אֹיְבֵיכֶ֖ם לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ אֶתְכֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Ὅτι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν ὁ προπορευόμενος μεθʼ ὑμῶν, συνεκπολεμῆσαι ὑμῖν τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν διασῶσαι ὑμᾶς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 14:14The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
  • Deuteronomy 3:22Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”
  • Deuteronomy 1:30The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
  • Joshua 23:10One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
  • Deuteronomy 11:25No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.
  • Romans 8:37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
  • Psalms 144:1–2Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples…
  • Deuteronomy 32:30How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
  • 2 Chronicles 32:7–8“Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him. With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the…
  • 2 Chronicles 13:12Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not…
  • Joshua 10:42And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.

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